Poor Peter Robinson

[sp1814]

Is it fair that Peter Robinson should be 'hounded out of his job by the media'?

So he's married to a homophobic woman who looks scarily like Celine Dion and sleeps with men young enough to be her grandson.

That's not HIS fault is it?

Also, I don't understand why her raising £50,000 for her toyboy is a financial scandal. Can someone explain exactly what she did wrong (apart from the adultery bit)?

[sp1814]

Forgot the link:

http://news.sky.com/s...Robinson_Crunch_Talks

[R1Geezer]

I don't see where the homophobia comes in SP. I do conur though I can't see why any of this is his "fault"

[Sqad]

sp....the £50,000 was raised from 2 "friends?" which was used to set the boyfriend up in a restaurant on an estate which needed planning permission and it just happened that "our Iris" was the Chair of that planning committee........nothing illegal but perhaps a "conflict of interest?"

Homophobic........that's her right, cannot see the problem.

Many lovers including a toy boy..........so?..........what's the problem?

Husband didn't know, so why should he be sacked?

[jackthehat]

As an MP she should have declared the 'donations'.....she didn't.
Once he became aware of the 'financial dimension' HE should have altered the relevant department.......he didn't.

[sp1814]

jackthehat

I see what you mean about the conflict of interested. That certainly sounds dodgy.

But don't the calls for his resignation presuppose he knew about the transactions?

I mean, if he didn't know about her affair(s) - there are now claims that there were a couple of others, there's a chance he didn't know about her dodgy deals?

Re: homophobia - that thing she said about homosexuality being "worse than child rape", and then advising a chap on a radio phone-in who'd been gay-bashed that he should seek professional help from a therapist to 'go straight' could be seen as a bit of a political own goal by most people's standards.

[sp1814]

'interests' rather than 'interested'.

[Sqad]

sp....yes, apparently he did know about the transactions.

Homophobia?.........I suppose that you are right.

[anotheoldgit]

As far as I can see the only offence he is guilty of is the fact that he knew about his wife obtaining £50,000 from two wealthy developers, and he failed to declare the cash.

His wife on the other hand is not only guilty of adultery but also guilty of extreme hypocrisy.

She took the moral high-ground on most of what she herself was guilty of. She also announced her disgust at homosexuality, which in itself is not a crime, but not quite PC.

[buildersmate]

She's obviously dead in the water.
The issue for him is going to be whether he can hold the line that he didn't know about his wife's dealings. It's the usual thing - the need of the opponents to demonstrate evidence he did know - even though most of us will have raised eyebrows and won't believe him. Not guilty until proven so. Tony was a master at this technique of ensuring there is no evidence to link to the facts.

[sp1814]

Unelss there's a paper trail linking him to what she did, I think he should hold his nerve.

I find their views on certain matters pretty abhorrent, but for him to go due to 'politics of perception' seems a little...unfair.

[sp1814]

Oh dear....

http://news.bbc.co.uk...n_ireland/8450854.stm

[sp1814]

Steve.5

I made the Simon & Garfunkel joke on another thread last week. Techically, you've infringed my copyright.

[sp1814]

What sone commentators in Ireland are saying is that the homophobic comments coupled with her affair with a teenager discredits her, and makes her a hypocrite. However, I don't think that should disbar her from public office. If we got rid of all hypocritical public servants, the unemployment figures would double overnight.

[jno]

Apparently after she tried to kill herself, he trotted off to work as usual. The Irish seem to find this a lilttle cold-blooded.

[buildersmate]

Now when did we last hear the old story? - the one that goes 'I was ill, your Honour, when I did these evil things - so I wasn't responsible for my actions and I deserve to be let-off' Ah, I remember, wasn't it that bloke in China who was caught drug-smuggling.